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January 2023
Nehru, Diversity, and the Origins of India's Republic Day Parades
Excerpts from Historian Srirupa Roy's Work
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Kiran Kumbhar
Orientalism: The Elephant in the Indian History Room
Over the past few months I have worked on a podcast on the history of medicine and healthcare in India in collaboration with Suno India and the Thakur…
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Kiran Kumbhar
October 2022
Ancient DNA: Triumphs, Triumphalism, & Caution
You can learn only so much from studying DNA patterns of past humans. For the rest, you need experts who study and analyze not DNA, but society …
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Kiran Kumbhar
Reality is Complex & Messy -But We Could Focus on What is Good Instead of What is "True"
When we are comfortable with messiness, it helps us be receptive to the much more productive and reachable goal of "taming" tensions and conflicts…
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Kiran Kumbhar
September 2022
Some Historical Thoughts on "Medical School" Replacing "Medical College" in India
Also, how did the term "M.B.B.S." originate?
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Kiran Kumbhar
August 2022
Independence Day: Being Responsible - Not Proud - As Indians
Finding sanity in nationalist India
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Kiran Kumbhar
July 2022
A Historical Autopsy of George Washington's Death
When blood-letting was common and commonsensical
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Kiran Kumbhar
Ayurvedic Theories in the Contemporary World
Whenever we analyze the past, it is extremely important to first put aside our contemporary modes of thinking and assumed knowledge, and to appreciate…
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Kiran Kumbhar
June 2022
Garbage in, garbage out
Lack of exposure to great and smart writing is hurting India’s kids and teenagers
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Kiran Kumbhar
November 2021
“Being civilized means making and liking beautiful things”
The ideas that inform and inspire my thoughts and actions
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Kiran Kumbhar
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